Environmental Sciences: Journal Rankings

Journal Rankings

TQCC Average citations Median citations H4-Index Number of Papers Impact Factor

(A journal has H4-Index of h when h of its past four year's publications has h citations, whereby h is the highest possible number that renders the former statement true. The citation data are based on CrossRef. The ranking can be re-used under a CC0-license.)

(Using publications from roughly 2020-11-01 to 2024-11-01)

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	Science of the Total Environment	173
2	Journal of Cleaner Production	158
3	Journal of Hazardous Materials	150
4	Chemosphere	130
5	Environmental Science & Technology	115
6	Journal of Environmental Management	114
7	Water Research	111
8	International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health	108
9	Environmental Science and Pollution Research	104
10	Sustainability	103
11	Environmental Pollution	101
12	Environmental Research	99
13	Resources Conservation and Recycling	88
14	Environment International	87
15	Ecological Indicators	84
16	Remote Sensing	82
17	Remote Sensing of Environment	81
18	Energy Policy	76
-	Nature Sustainability	76
20	Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety	74
21	Environmental Chemistry Letters	70
22	Waste Management	66
23	Marine Pollution Bulletin	64
-	Environmental Technology & Innovation	64
25	Water	62
26	Lancet Planetary Health	61
27	Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics	57
28	Journal of Environmental Sciences	52
29	One Earth	51
30	Global Environmental Change-Human and Policy Dimensions	50
31	Frontiers in Environmental Science	48
32	Ecological Economics	47
-	Communications Earth & Environment	47
34	Water Resources Research	46
35	Environmental Health Perspectives	45
-	Environmental Science & Technology Letters	45
-	Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment	45
-	Urban Climate	45
39	Earths Future	44
40	Atmosphere	43
41	Biological Conservation	42
-	Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology	42
43	Toxics	41
44	Environmental Monitoring and Assessment	39
45	Environmental and Experimental Botany	38
46	International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology	36
47	Environmental Sciences Europe	35
-	Applied Catalysis A-General	35
49	Ecosystem Services	34
-	Trends in Environmental Analytical Chemistry	34

-	Ambio	34
-	Biochar	34
53	Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions	33
-	Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry	33
-	Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment	33
-	Frontiers of Environmental Science & Engineering	33
-	Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability	33
58	Ecological Engineering	32
-	Water Air and Soil Pollution	32
-	Environmental Earth Sciences	32
-	Climatic Change	32
62	Ecological Applications	31
-	Conservation Biology	31
-	Journal of Soil Science and Plant Nutrition	31
65	Environmental Science-Nano	30
-	International Soil and Water Conservation Research	30
-	Clean Technologies and Environmental Policy	30
-	Water Science and Technology	30
69	npj Clean Water	29
-	Sustainable Chemistry and Pharmacy	29
-	Environmental Toxicology	29
-	Global Biogeochemical Cycles	29
-	Geocarto International	29
74	Environmental Geochemistry and Health	28
-	Reviews in Environmental Science and Bio-Technology	28
-	Utilities Policy	28
-	Waste Management & Research	28
-	Environmental Health	28
-	International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment	28
80	Marine Environmental Research	26
-	NanoImpact	26
-	Advances in Climate Change Research	26
-	Journal of Aerosol Science	26
-	Environmental Science-Processes & Impacts	26
-	International Journal of Environmental Analytical Chemistry	26
-	Journal of Geophysical Research-Biogeosciences	26
-	Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews-Water	26
88	Current Pollution Reports	25
-	Journal of Contaminant Hydrology	25
-	Journal of Exposure Science and Environmental Epidemiology	25
-	Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology	25
92	Environmental Development	24
-	Waste and Biomass Valorization	24
-	Geohealth	24
-	Journal of Arid Environments	24
-	Water Research X	24
-	International Biodeterioration & Biodegradation	24
98	Ecological Processes	23
-	Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management	23
-	Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology	23
-	Journal of Great Lakes Research	23
-	Water Supply	23
-	Biogeochemistry	23
104	Journal of the Indian Society of Remote Sensing	22
-	Environmental Management	22
-	International Journal of Biometeorology	22
-	Aquatic Conservation-Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems	22
-	Bioenergy Research	22
-	Journal of Environmental Health Science and Engineering	22
-	Environmental Science-Water Research & Technology	22
-	Climate Risk Management	22
112	Environmental Progress & Sustainable Energy	21
-	Aerosol and Air Quality Research	21
-	International Journal of Phytoremediation	21
-	Journal of Mountain Science	21
-	Elementa-Science of the Anthropocene	21
-	Biodiversity and Conservation	21
118	Environmental Technology	20
-	Ecotoxicology	20
-	Aerosol Science and Technology	20
-	Air Quality Atmosphere and Health	20
122	Journal of Water and Health	19
-	Journal of Environmental Radioactivity	19
-	Water Environment Research	19
-	Sustainable Environment Research	19
-	International Journal of Sediment Research	19
-	Journal of Arid Land	19
128	Rangeland Ecology & Management	18
-	Environmental Research Communications	18
-	Climate Services	18
-	Estuaries and Coasts	18
-	International Journal of Environmental Research	18
133	Reviews on Environmental Health	17
-	Human and Ecological Risk Assessment	17
-	Chinese Geographical Science	17
-	Journal of Environmental Quality	17
-	Conservation Physiology	17
138	Anthropocene	16
-	International Journal of Environmental Health Research	16
-	Ecohydrology	16
-	Journal of Applied Remote Sensing	16
142	Journal of Radiological Protection	15
-	Natural Resources Forum	15
-	Environmental Pollutants and Bioavailability	15
-	Food and Environmental Virology	15
-	Ecosystem Health and Sustainability	15
-	Geomicrobiology Journal	15
148	River Research and Applications	14
-	Greenhouse Gases-Science and Technology	14
-	Journal of Environmental Engineering	14
-	Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health-Part A-Current Issues	14
-	Environmental Evidence	14
-	Soil Science and Plant Nutrition	14
-	Wetlands	14
155	Geobiology	13
-	Arctic Science	13
-	SAR and QSAR in Environmental Research	13
-	Vadose Zone Journal	13
159	Ozone-Science & Engineering	12
-	Environmental Forensics	12
-	Aerobiologia	12
-	Health Physics	12
163	Journal of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene	11
-	Microbial Risk Analysis	11
-	Environmental Engineering and Management Journal	11
-	Environmental Fluid Mechanics	11
-	Wetlands Ecology and Management	11
-	Mountain Research and Development	11
-	Environmental and Molecular Mutagenesis	11
-	Environmental Conservation	11
-	Radiation and Environmental Biophysics	11
-	Anthropocene Review	11
-	Aquatic Sciences	11
-	Journal of Environmental Science and Health Part B-Pesticides Food Contaminants and Agricultural Wastes	11
175	Journal of Hydro-Environment Research	10

-	Ecohealth	10
-	Radiation Protection Dosimetry	10
-	Soil & Sediment Contamination	10
-	Chemistry and Ecology	10
-	Coastal Management	10
-	Natural Resource Modeling	10
-	Industrial Health	10
-	Antarctic Science	10
-	Archives of Environmental & Occupational Health	10
-	Journal of Coastal Research	10
-	Water Resources and Economics	10
187	GAIA-Ecological Perspectives for Science and Society	9
-	African Journal of Range & Forage Science	9
-	Climate Research	9
-	Journal of Paleolimnology	9
-	Agricultural & Environmental Letters	9
-	Applied Ecology and Environmental Research	9
-	Arid Land Research and Management	9
-	Journal of Environmental Engineering and Landscape Management	9
195	Polar Record	8
-	Radioprotection	8
-	Reviews of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology	8
-	Arctic Antarctic and Alpine Research	8
199	Toxicological and Environmental Chemistry	7
-	Arctic	7
-	Environment	7
-	Physical Geography	7
-	Isotopes in Environmental and Health Studies	7
204	Journal of Environmental Informatics	6
205	International Journal of Environment and Pollution	4
-	Journal of Environmental Science and Management	4
-	Revista Internacional de Contaminacion Ambiental	4
208	Gefahrstoffe Reinhaltung der Luft	3
-	Journal of Elementology	3